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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

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mp,y magnificent. Our soldiey-boya
love Gen. imeodsn. AID tAss's Az
there 10 OF j..
Topiosi Foi.ts.
Mr.. WALTER 3. BROOKS will &c.
cept the republican nomination fer
-
Grand Master Workman Powdesly.
vi the Knights OF Labor. denies thst
lie belongs TO the rev American par.
ty.
The civil.service com missioners
are please with the operation OF the
system of competitive examinations
TO- promotion recently introduced in
the War Department.
50
The Southern Pacific Railroad
company operate 1876 miles of rail.
road. Its gross earnings Inst yeae
were ss1yQOO.0oO expenses.sls 900.
600. leaving q net revenue OF si3..
100000.
In h, Georgia Legislature Friday
resolution was pa. sea taking away
the 5000 appropriated to the At
lanta University unless that institute
shall give the Governor satisfactory
assurance that IL will not accept white
pupils.
The Lee M 1Dument ccr ler.s,One
st Richmond will be laid October "a.
Gen. Besu'esa,d will act as chief
marshal on ,ha, occasion. Captain
James Barron Hope OF Norfolk has
accepted an invitation to red po-
EN- ut the lay ing II the corner. stone
~
Some Grand Army men participa.
ting IN the procession in honor of the
annual reunion Of III. Society O. The
Army of West Virginia at Wheeling
Friday refused to pass under ban
ner containing a portrait of Presf.
dent Cleveland, and trailet their
co!ors.
AN enthusiastic meeting in favor Of
CONNIE rcial union bet weeE the United
States aud Canaia was heli at Shelf
ford, Quebec. on Frid1v. at which al.
Or secs were made by members oftIle
Dominion Pariianie mt and others. Tie
meeting closed with cheers for the
Queen and the President.
#.s
The Board OF Directors OF our s ate
Insane Asylum last Friday reelected
DR.. Bland Superintendent. They also
employed two more assistant pbyoi-
Clans a. salary of sl205O per
month each, board Included. A fe-
male assistant physician was appoint
e, namely Miss DR.. Jones. OF W heel
ing.
-"
The Chicago Tribune predicts n
beef famine in this country before
long. Gays that estimates ne 10
the destruction OF cattle in the North
west last winter re that ia Montana
there were abou. 400. 900 head, in l.
dal.o stout 100. 900. in Wyoming Q.
bout 100000. in COLORADO sbout so.
! 600; or $4,000 head in all. Du.
ring the sumner, on occount Of the
excessive drought, it is estimated that
the losses in tie beef,producing
Staies-such as Illinois, lowe. Ohio.
Missouri Kaasas and IN New Nex.
co, Texas. Nebraska, Minnesota sLd
Dakota swell the total 20 1900 coo
head Of beeyes. With cattle DYING
from starvation, 6foulh and exposure
10 tie billiards Of the Northwest at
he rate % million ard q half a
year. distressing scarcity Of beef in
a few years would certainly he MOTH
ing At which to be surprised.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

The Southern Pacific Railroad
company operate 4,846 miles of rail.
road. Its gross earnings Inst yese
were Ssly 100000 expenses. SlS 900
600. leaving net revenue OF sl3..
100000.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

to 60 when . soldier. Don't YOU
think you'd know how 10 ran II the
Yankees we're 70 get after yoa?" sk.
Ell Mr.. Flour uoy, wbereupon there
was big laugh at Bony's expense.
in which be joined. 40 he knew very
veil that there vac net q soldier
there who did not know there never
was any run in him. 1T. Brady an
nouuced that any ex- Confederate
could be q member OF the S,;iety,
but must paw so cents to be entitled
10 vote. When the veterans were
asked whether they were ready with
their half dollars, Bony 10y walked
up 10 the stand and throwing down
two quarters remarked: "Yes. in
deed. 1 am "a long as am out Of
the poor house. will pay that mona
ey. Tho report OF the Treasurer be-
ing adopted and all the Society's
business finished, the meeting ad.
journed and the people left for their
homes, except Capt. Powell and some
others. who stayed all night on tie
grounds.
EDNEsDAY MORNING
dawned CLEAR. cool and beautiful.
Shortly alter daylight great
streams Of people began pouring i'm
from all directions, in vehicles OF al II
descriptions, on horseback and
foot-any way to get there. BY IL
o'clock there were fully 5000 PEG.
ple on the grounds and when Gen.
Imboden WAS introduced TO the au-
dience. there was n scene Of confu-
sion and excitement that was sim
ply indescribable. Cheer on cheer,
rebel yell on rebel yell. rosa loud
and deafening as the the command.
ing form of the distinguished caval.
~ leader appeared before the Assem-.
bIed multitude. and it was several
minutes before be could make him.
self Eeard. His speech was altog eth.
er extemporaneous anil consiste d
mainly OF "reminiscences Of his oper.
atoms in This section Of Virgins du.
ring the war, in which he recounted
the thrilling experiences. tolls and
priva,inns endured by bimsel and
his soldiers from Hampshire.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

In h. Georgia Legislature Friday
resolution was pa ss6 taking away
the 5000 appropriated to the At
lanta University unless that institute
shall give the Governor satisfactory
assurance that it will not accept white
pupils.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

The civil.service mmissioners
are please with the operation Of the
system of competitive examinations
TO- promotion recently introduced in
the War Department.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02
Topiosl Foiats.

Mr.. WALTER 3. BRooxs will e.
cept the republican nomination FER
Governor Of MARYLAND.
-
Grand Master Workman Powdesly.
vi the Knights Of Labor. denies .thst
he belongs TO the Few American par.
ty.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

At Huntington, this State, Friday,
* Congressman Eustace Gibson vas
fned and con m'ited & il By Judge
MEG m err ntempt OF COZ !, MI
G bson and The JUICE ! ave q been
on friendly terms for a long time.
sni he ex-Congressman. wlrie ar
guiug a case. minated that the
Court wasopen 20 bribcrr. he 81 o
publicly denou cd Iudee McGin lie
40 the fou'cs' possible TO- guaQe dur
ing a recess 81 court. Hs VAS rec
leased from jail SAufdsy. but ape5
$50.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

Some Grand Army men participa.
ting IN tue procession in honor of the
annual reunion Of The Society o: The
Army Of West Virginia at Wheeling
Friday refused to pass under ban
ner containing a portrait Of Presf-
dent Cleveland, and trailei their
co!ors.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

In the Afternoon. Col. Alex. Nonros
delivered masterly address Of sew
erai hours' duration, sNo&ing ooucln-
sively that the South we forced TO
the courfe che took II The late var,
And vas Justified therein BY the pro-
visions oi the Constitutioa.
Az the conc usion OF his speech.
Col, Binfoid and several othsrs adj
dressed the audience, and then the
'engthenipg shadows showed that
the greas day was nearly over, and
the meeting adjourned. We do NOS
believe sh.re was person thero
but ha'ed to leave and wished he
could 1--we at a Reunion.
General imboden' .pcech vas just
8 mp,y magnificent. Our soldiey-boys
love Gen. imeodsu. and tLas's ALI
there ID OF l..
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

Virginia northward in 1863. your
command on the extreme LEI, !.
While you are not told the terms that
there would DO a force operating in
the lover valley. / think your in .
etructions would have led you to in.
Ter that there Vas to be something
done In that quarter.
There are other letters to you writ
ten during the campaign. but sup
pose the enclosed giving the order
"Msrch" 10 what your old soldiers
would Ike to have brought back to
them not that they would care TO
receive the same ORDER over again,
but only to remind them OF old .ime..
OF course they would not marcn
nov at the oreer OF any bo dy, for are
Ne not all past the age of conscrip-
tionf Yours very truly,
CHARLES Marshall.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-02

A tiny apron, once used as q hat.
tie. flag by Captain John Daily's
company, was shown TO the audience
by General Imboden, and many an
eye unused 10 tears was moistened
as the memories that cluster around
that little piece OF muslin were re-
called. The history OF this apron.
higy which was brong ht here by Dr..
John Daily, Of Wes,ernport, Mi.
who was born and raised at Spring.
field, this county, il as follows: Di-
rcctly after the battle OF Gettysburg.
in july, 1868 DR.. Dsil,'s company
(Co d, llth Va Cavalry was re
treating through Hagerstown, Mi,
when little girl wearing an apron
with the Confederate coors upon IL
was noticed stan ding on the porch
of house near an old stone mill.
The discovery was greeted with
rousing cheers by the weary troops
who !itile expected TO fnd a friend
to their cause in that place, q I'D sew
eTal Of them went up ,e the little
lady and asked for pieces of the
"p'Oh QUE Ou~c
tore IL eff aud threw II to them. 4
young fellow named Charlie Watkins.
nineteen years Of AZ, caught il. fas.
tened it TO stick and used il as u
bat,le.flag. The soldies marche on
through tho town, and when about
&c beyond it encountered a body
OF the enemy. with whom they were
so9n fierce!y engaged. Youu Wa.
k,Ds had vowed To defend his strange
colurs with his life: aud he was az
good as his wo-d. In the midst of
furious charge, be was sho, down.
but held TO tie little sprou-h ~, nov
stained ~i,h his heats bio)i, till
remove 10 the hospi al, where be
!isd Few hcuis afLerSaras. 1t
only recently came into the pos
SESSION of Or. Daily, having been
lent TO hin for exhibition at the
Hampshire Reunion Ivy Msjor Nc
Donald. sou OF The late Col. McDon-
aid. Of this place. The fJllosing
poem written by Virginia Frazer
boy lie. comue morating it's capture
printed or satin and saved TO the
apron, was read ny Senator Flouraoy.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
B-ou sren TO Blame.

WALLACE. KAN, March 2-According to the
aiest reports from Wichita county Charles
Coulter, Bill Raynor. Frank Jenness, George
EncO Watkins. Emmet Duuning, A. n. Borey
and johnson left Leoti aud went to Coronado,
some of them tn have fun aud the others TO
see il. Three of them were armed and they
took beer with them and, after arriving there,
proceeded To drink with some of the Coronado
boys They soon quarrelled and Coulter and
Ole LOomis drew their revoIvers and began
shooting. This was the signal for the war To
IrgIn, and the Coronado men opened on the
LeOlI crowd from the windows and secluded
places. Coulter, Raynes and LOOmls fell, the
irSt two dead and the last with leg and an
arm broken.
The Coronado men then turned on the other
Leuti men. who had got in their Dug sies and
were fleeing Tor their lives Winchesters were
l,ed freely, and three of the LeOti meu We're
shot out Of the buggies. The team, wounded,
rau away 10 Leoti.
Watkins died Yesterday and BOrey, johnson
and Looms are eXVecled to die.
Both towns are surrounded with guards and
10 one is allowed to enter who IL not well
lnOwn. Both sides are fully provided with
ammunition.
The bodies Of Coulter and Watkins were
IrOught to Wallace last ght and taken east
or burial Watkins was married and his
Jpdy was accompanied by bis wife. They
Nerc from Illinois. COulters body was taken
~ his sister to Russell, Kan, aud Raynor was
Juried at Leoti
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
A BIG DEAL.
Sixty Million Acres ofLand Pur-
chased by a Syndicate.
A Destructive ConAagation at Hannibal.
No,-Haps and Mishaps in
Various Sections.
The BiegestneaIYet.

IT. LuCIs, Mo-. Feb 27,--While Texas va, still
grovince Of Mexico, DIR. Beales. an emigrant
from England, married native of Mexico
became a citizen. and desiring 10 form colony
upon the frontier, obtained from the Mexican
government an immense grant of land. con
>isting Of GO,OO,U1O acres known a.
the Arkansas grant, situated in what are
low the states of Texas ami Coluratl,
AMI the territory Of New Mexico. Ju>i
then the wBr of I, yas Independence hrokt
out, and DIR. Beales found u impossible 10 -
labl sh his colony. The grant was renewed
however, and the treaty OF Guadalupe Hidal
70 hsng - framed 10 protect those hu.d-
NJ grants from the Mexican government d.
BcJics retained possession IF his land. BrfOr
he was aide To- carry cut his plan of furm,n
a co,uny h. died aud the grant passed 10 hi
minor children. They did not however. al,
rrcate the value Of the land. and no part q
ii was ever sold. Now company uf Amer
can capitalists, RuluS Hatch among the
number, have obtained the title 10 the lard
from the heirs and will. it is said take pos
session in a short time. The grant covers q
district IN northwestern Texas northeastern
New Mexico and suutheaStcrn Colorado EN-
Drac,n% la al! more than 6D.nO0OOJ acres. bu
prior grants will reduce this to about 5000.
bO hose Interested in the transfer VIII no
At present make known the exact buuudaric>
Ul the tract
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
A Terrible Disaster.

MOBILE, ALA, March 1.-The steamer ".
II. Gardner, one Of the largest boats plying
on the Tombigbee river, from Mobile. was
burned this afternoon, three miles below
Gainesville, Sumner county, Ala.
Captain F. S. Stone telegraphs from Epes,
Ala. that the boat is a total loss together
with 4O4 bales Of cotton. The loss of life is
very large, as follows:
&. BlackmaD.
julie Rembert and two children.
Mrs. w. T. Rembe and three children.
Theodore L. Graham.
e.. Rufes
John Bryant, steward
Green Jenkins.
Henry Ford
Hayward Hutchinson.
l.. Lindsay.
Virgil Jones.
Amos Harris.
Three unknown persons.
Mrs Rembert was the wife of The clerk and
part owner Of the boat The remaining whites
were passengers living in the upper Tombig
bee district.
No details Of the cause and progress of the
fire have been received.
The Gardner was built five wears ago for the
Tombigbee trade. She was owned bv 7. :.
Stone, :. {. Coleman and w. 7. Rembert, an,
was valued at s2j00 She was fully insured.
The cotton Was insured to local companies
for S25. 000
Mrs. Rembert and her children lived in
DemopOlis, Ala. which is ". F. Remberts
home, and also the home of julie Rembert, W.
F. Rembert lives here most of the time. Be
lore making the trip he wrote his wife TO Join
him with his children at Demopolis and make
the trip up to the highest landing and return.
II is supposed that be invited also his cousin
julie and bis two children, and il vas intended
to be pleasure IT p for the party.
The negroes who lost their lives are deck
hands from Mobile and most of them leav,
families
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
Gaslight Hurts Children.

An ounce of prevention Is worth
a pound of cure is an old and time
honored saw, but it is one parents
would do well to remember in these
DAYS of Group, measels, and diptheria
sad 4 prominent physician. recently.
TO 4 reporter for Tie NcW York JiaH
and EEpresS. .'One of the first safe
guards against disease is pure air and
exercise. Nothing increases the activ-
itv of the lungs like bodily exercise.
and in order that it may be beneficial
to the whole system it should be carried
on in the open air. Some of them are
too young to leave the nursery. and it
is here that their little lives are very
often impcriled by ignorant mothers
and nurses. Gas and paralline lapms
should never be used in the nursery.
In almost every room where gas Is
burned plant will droOp and die.
Ch ldren are like plants; they require
above all things, pure air. light. and
sunshine-not gaslight. but daylight.
sunlight, and as much of it as possible.
The nursery in my house is the largest
: and sunnest room under the roof. In
it there are no heavy hang ngs to hold
the dust and OBSCURE the ght, nor are
there any gas pipes. Gas is injurious
in many ways. Its light is too strong
for babes eyes; it absorbs all the pure
air in the room before the child can get
Il chance to inhale its little lungs with
oxygen; its heat is enervating. and there
is always 4 danger of leakages. These
leakages may be so small as TO be i'm
perceptible but quite large enough to
be pernicious to health.
Purity of water, however. is almost
as essential as purity of atmosphere.
This can be had by boil ng all the water
necessary for the nursery before it is
used. Such treatment removes all i'm
puritics, and distroyes their effects
Another good thing to remember is the
necesst ty that exists for fat in some
form as an element of chldren's diet.
have seen fathers and mothers. to
whom the cost of the article was moth
ing deny Their children of sufficient
butter to make their bread palatable.
This is wrong Butter should never
be spared. Any parent who denies
their children this commodity deserves
to pay the doctor-and to pay him well,
too. Children who are given enough
butter and other fats rarely suffer from
necrosed joints and scrofulous glands,
to say nothing of marasmus tabes, mes
enterico. hydrocephalus, and consump-
( ton. Besides the ounce Of prevention
/ matter. parents would do well to bear
I in mind that other old saw which ad-
viSeS Us not TO be penny wise and
/ pound foolish"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
One of Pat Sheeiy's Stories.

II was riding on one of the old stage
coaches running to the Black Hills
and one of my fellow passengers was
an Englishman. We had reached a
dell in the road when one of the lead
or, oi our four-in-hand team became
restless. The driver swung his whip
ont, and. as the horse felt the crack and
steadcd down, the driver exclaimed.
There. blank, blank you. take that!
Immediately the voice resounded in
echo from the hill beyond: There.
blank. blank You take that" The Eng
lishman looked up quietly and said to
me: III he had said God bless you,' in e
stead Of the language he used, his God
bless YOU would as certainly have come
back 20 him from yonder hill. This
story was recently told. not by Sun
day-school superintendent, but By Pat
Sheedr once one of Chicago's boss
gamblers and now John L. Sullivan's
manager.-Ne0 TOrL Sun.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
The Earthquakes Victims

LONDON, March 1.-The following is an Off
cial list Of the Italian earthquake victims
Alasio, dead and s injured; Albenga, 90 in
iured; Albssola 3 dead and 12 injured: Ba-
jardo go dead and 30 injured: Bussauo. 80
dead and % injured: Castellaro IL dead and
10 injured; Ceriana, 5 dead aud Il idjured !:
Diano-Stello 35 dead and 10 injured DianO-
Marano, $50 dead and IS injured: Montalto
Ligue, dead and 5 injured; NOi III dead and
II injured; Oueglia. % dead aud $50 injured :
POnpeiana, dead and injured; Porto Maui
riz.o. l lead and 10 injured; Savoua. II dead !:
laggia, 5 dead, and Il injured: Triosa, IA
dead and 9 injured.
Twenty thousand persons are homeless.
The material losses are estimated at $40 900. -
OO0, falling mostly upon industrious villages.
The fishermen in the harbOr of Genoa. on
the night preceding the earthquake, noticed
that the sea had retreated a yard more than
usual, and instinctively feeling that something
was about TO happen, they remained the whole
night in their boats.
The inhabitants uf Oneglia complain that
tue authorities neglect them because of the
belief that the town suffered less damage than
did others. On the contrary, they saw. al
though the walls Of the houses. being we'll
built. wthstOOd the shocks. all the interiors
collapsed in consequence of which 1900 per-
sons are compelled tC live in sheds and tents,
suffering greatly through exposure to wind and
rain.
OF the three hundred bodies buried at Diano
Marino only five were identified. Five thou
sand persons are still camping out The air is
becoming horribly offensive, owing to the
stencil arising from the oorpses that are yet in
the ruins.
The structures in which the injured at
Rajardu were sheltered were blown down bv
the wind. and before the helpless patients
could he removed to a place of safety they
We're all covered with snow and half dead from
nnlA
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
Wind and Water.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 27.-Last evening
the wind commenced to blow heavily here
,oming from the northwest. 1t continued al
intervals until Is O'Clock this evening. Man
minor accidents are reported and considerable
damage was done The strrnwheel steamboat
Reindeer. lying at the city wharf. was =,
roughly treated nv the waves that she sprang
a leak and sunk in four feet Of water In .
short time larger boat, the Hibprnia. which
was tied to the wharf few wards above, wa
-e;Zrd by a whiriwind, her three large cables
we're snapped asundcr Ike so much twine anu
she WAS cast against the sunken vessel. Til
after was badly smashed up aud the Hiber
mia recovered her mOOrings with her : de
-tOven IN.
The river is rising al the rate of two inches
an hour and if the heavy rains Of last week
continue much suffering will follow. The
water has already reached many houses
The hurricane to-day also smashed IA about
40 feet Of the western wall of the Southern
Exposition building, the damage being about
SlWM
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
TERMS---S2. 90 PER YEAR

.hc length Of il being about three
inches TIE break was clean, ami
looked 80 If ir had been made with n
hu..r. the bladder was drawn upward,
-, ..ll- the broken section pvotruded
through the abdominal iucision. y
tine needle threaded with catgut was
used to make ,u,Nres in the bladder
Twelve stitches were taken. and Tho
bladder wa, placed IN it, normal con
d.lion.
TIE ABDOMINAL CAVITY
Was then washed out with the greatest
care. and every particle Of liquid re-
moved with dry sponGes. Strict anti
septic precautions were observed, tho
b.chIoriIr OF mercury being used in solu-
ton. when the iutestines were washed
and wiped dr. and returned to the
abdomen. The abdOm nal wound
was sutured with silver wire.
and catgut intrrwinci 50 as to
take OF any strain that m ghs come
from vomiting,
Tho shock OF the operation was
severe and the peritonits was frightful.
but the system Of the patient having
been left in good cOnd ton by athletic
training brayelv withstood the fierce
attack. and finally began to improve.
The Improvement has continued. The
only trouble now is great physical
weakness. There is no doubt that the
bladder has healed. the functions being
performed without trouble and the re-
cover of the patient is assured.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-12
Lumber DESTROYED bV Fire.

HANNIBAL. No, Feb. 27-Fire to-day Ge
siro'ci eight blocks of lumber belonging &,
D. Dubach X Co. and the Herman X Curd
lumber company, causing a loss of 500 O00J.
appOrtiOned as follows: Duhach ~ Co, Sl51.
NJ; HERMAN ~ Curd, S5JOUO; fully insured
Five Missouri Pacific box cars aud two ST
LOUIS and Hannibal box cars were also de
stIuyed. One of the latter was loaded witt
wheat and the cGnsigners not having 'beeI
notiiied of its delivery the loss will fall on The
railroad company.
\ high WIND served to spread the flames with
great rapidly and ut 3 O'Clock il seemed a. If
nothing could save that part of the city be
tween Sixth street and the river. and Quinc,
was telcgraDhcd TO for assistance. The Quin,
cy boys responded promptly and hastily load
ing an engine and hose cart on fiat cars came
bv special train. making the run Of twenty
miles in twenty five minutes
B. o'clock tonight the flames were under
control TramHs are supposed to be response
he for the origin of the fire.